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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You perform searches within your project in the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="search_view.htm">Model Search</a></span><span class="f_BodyText">. You search the whole model, unless you have selected the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Current Tree Selection</span><span class="f_BodyText"> option in the <a href="creating_search_filters.htm">Manage Searches</a> facility. In that case, you can search within a specific package selected from the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText">.</span></p>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">In the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Search Term</span><span class="f_BodyText"> field type the text to search for, and in the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Search</span><span class="f_BodyText"> field select the <a href="pre_defined_search_definitions.htm">type of search to perform</a> (the default being </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Simple)</span><span class="f_BodyText">. Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Run</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button to display your results.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can perform more <a href="creating_search_filters.htm">complex searches</a> and create your own <a href="creating_filters.htm">search definitions</a>. To begin these tasks:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Options</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button. The </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Search Options</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> submenu displays.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Manage Searches</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> option. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Manage Searches</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays.</span></li>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">External Access to Model Search</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can access the Model Search facilities and perform specific searches indirectly, from Add-Ins, MDG Technologies, from a hyperlink and from a shortcut to access your model. This entails setting up a search profile either in the appropriate tool, or as an XML file accessed by the tool.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="270" style="width:270px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">An MDG Technology Selection (MTS) File (using an <a href="creating_search_filters.htm#ExportSearch">exported search definition</a>)</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="327" style="width:327px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="working_with_mts_files.htm">Working With MTS Files</a></span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="searchingaproject.htm">Search a Model</a></span></li>
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